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Monthly Tea Gadget and Offbeat News Report 18
A little while ago I wrote an article called A Space for Tea. One of the segments in that article dealt with kits that one could buy if they wanted their own Japanese tea house. Which came with a fairly stiff price tag, it should be noted. On a similar theme, here’s an article in… Continue reading
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Oolong Tea – A Historical Perspective
This will hardly be a thesis, but I thought it might be interesting to get a little bit of historical perspective on oolong, that type of tea that is generally less known than black and green but better known than relatively obscure teas such as white, yellow, and puerh. Needless to say it’s not mentioned… Continue reading
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The Origin of the Tea Plant
By now I’m sure we all know how tea drinking got its start – or at least we know how the most popular legend about this subject goes. An ancient Chinese emperor, a kettle of boiling water, and some tea leaves that accidentally fall into it. There you have it. Which probably isn’t true, to… Continue reading
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3 Good and 3 Bad Reasons for Celebrity Tea Endorsements
From Hugh Jackman to the Beatles to “the Oprah,” famous faces are popping up related to tea. All this to get you to go ga-ga (or should I say “go Lady Gaga”?) over their tea and rush out to buy some (and inspire various tea accessories like these Beatles-themed ones). Good or bad, it seems… Continue reading
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Myths and Legends of the Boston Tea Party
It’s been a while since I’ve been a student, so I don’t know what the curricula is like these days. But there was a time when anyone who had passed from the hallowed halls of elementary school had a fairly thorough grounding in that famous incident in American history – the Boston Tea Party. You… Continue reading
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10 Top Ways That Printed Tea Books Beat Out Those e-Versions
When Johnny Carson was host of the Tonight Show (yes, I’m that old), he would do a countdown of 10 top this or that. I am now shamelessly “borrowing” that routine here (as others have done before me) with my top 10 ways those print version tea books are much better than those e-book versions.… Continue reading
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Recent and Upcoming Tea Books 15
Occasionally I take a look at a book here that I might have overlooked and this time around its Wild Tea Hunter, by JT Hunter, who “has studied with Taoist masters, Buddhist monks, and the tribal people of Yunnan in their mysterious tea cultures.” The book currently appears to be available only in an electronic… Continue reading
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Tea Time With Great Historical Figures
So which great people throughout history drank tea and which did not? This is hardly the place to do an in-depth review of the topic, but we can be pretty sure about the tea drinking habits – or lack thereof – of certain great historical figures based on where and when they lived. It’s likely… Continue reading
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Cultivar versus Varietal in Tea Plants
The world of tea is full of all kinds of terms, many that are bandied about willy-nilly and not used correctly. Not long ago an attempt was made to clarify using “cultivar” versus “varietal” when talking about tea plants. Now, I’m all for going for such clarity, but I think the very short article didn’t… Continue reading
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Tea People: Lisa Boalt Richardson
If you want to peruse the full range of Lisa Boalt Richardson’s tea-related achievements, consult her web site here. There are quite a few of these achievements, but we’ll just touch on some of the highlights. She claims to be “one of the first 15 in the world to graduate from the Specialty Tea Institute… Continue reading
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